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The Summer Stars (re-run)

By Mr. Christopher Graney  |  16 Jul 2022

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In the summer of 2016 I ran a series of four posts on stars, and how we know what we know about them. Check them out (there is a lot here):

  • Summer Stars (i) — click here (classifying stars by magnitude)
  • Summer Stars (ii) — click here (relationships between magnitude, temperature, distance, and size)
  • Summer Stars (iii) — click here (big stars and little stars)
  • Summer Stars (iv) — click here (limitations in what we know)
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